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LOPEZ ESPINOSA, Guillermo; APARICIO MANRESA, Grisell; YERAS ALOS, Isis  y  HERNANDEZ CABRERA, Irina. Jubilaciones por invalidez y su relación con el sexo. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2001, vol.17, n.5, pp.473-478. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive study was conducted to determine the differences between sexes in the process of labor medical inspection during the year 2000. Data were obtained from the Provincial Statistical Department and from "Arnaldo Milián" clinical and surgical university hospital. The analysis of information yielded the following results: 55.6 % of workers evaluated by these Municipal Labor Medical Inspection Commission were females for which the medical reports II to VI predominated; however, 57% of the 449 retirees were males, 78.3% of them were 56 y or over and 58.2 had worked for more than 26 years before the disability appeared. 54.2% of men were workers, mainly form the Ministry of Sugar and the Ministry of Agriculture. The fundamental reasons leading to retirement caused by disability were: cardiovascular diseases and osteomyoarticular system disorders more frequently found in men as well as mental disorders in women. The rest of the diseases was prevailing in males

Palabras clave : MEDICAL INSPECTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; RETIREMENT; WOMEN; MEN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC, DESCRIPTIVE.

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